The First Babe

Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.

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Artist: Jean-Georges Vibert (French, Paris 1840–1902 Paris)
Date: 1872
Medium: Watercolor
Dimensions: Overall: 14 1/8 x 17 1/2 in. (35.9 x 44.5 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Collection, Bequest of Catharine Lorillard Wolfe, 1887
Accession no.: 87.15.8

The Ant and the Grasshopper
Jehan Georges Vibert
1875 · Drawing
Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00002473
Trial of Pierrot
Jehan Georges Vibert
n.d. · Drawing
Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00002626
Crowning of a Prince
Jehan Georges Vibert
n.d. · Drawing
Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00002926
A Night Class
Jehan Georges Vibert
c. 1881 · Painting
Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of Art
AT-00009874